Much bigger than both the Common and the Striped dolphin, the Bottlenose dolphins in the Azores are actually even bigger than many of their co-specifics inhabiting other parts of the world.
Despite of the fact that there are tens of different species of dolphins, the Bottlenose dolphin has become an icon of all dolphins.
Do you remember Flipper? Have you ever seen dolphins in an oceanarium? If your answer to at least one of these questions is "yes" then you know what a Bottlenose dolphin looks like.

I hope you like the pictures below. They were taken by our Staff member Justin Hart off south Pico. 
The dolphins, for once, are swimming in a tank that is big enough for them. This tank was built by a phenomenon known as Continental Drift some 150 million years ago and its name is Atlantic Ocean.

Tursiopi in libertà
(Tursiops truncatus)

LIVING FREE 


(Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose dolphins are one of the 5 species of dolphins you can swim with in the Azores. All of them are wild dolphins.